Monument



G. RITTER MONUMENT Aug. l5, 1933.

Vorigimii Filed June 25,1950

HES%ER @fro/@MSK `Patented ug. 15, 1933 PATENT oFFlcE MoNUMENT GeorgeRitter, Pinokneyviuo, 111.

original application June 2s, 1930, serial No.` 463,109. Divided andthis application January 19, 1931. serial No. 509,619

1 Claim.

My invention has relation to improvements in monuments and it consistsin the novel features of construction more fully set forth inthespecication and pointed out in the claim. Y

The subject matter of the present invention has been divided out of myco-pending applica` tion on Concrete monuments and methods omanufacturing the same, led June 23, 1930,A

under Ser. No. 463,109.` v

The principal object of thepresent invention is the building ofmonuments for grave markers, and equivalent purposes, of concretesections assembled into a closely knit structure very nearly resemblingthe customary monolithic block. The concrete monument made according tomyinvention can be manufactured at approximately one-third of the costof a cut stone of high quality and is equally as durable. The advantageof` building the monument in sectionsV is that the sides and ends of themonument may be molded face .downward and the cement troweledsufliciently to expel excess moisture, thusV obtaining a product ofgreater density thancould be obtained ifthe entire monument were moldedas a single unit. A further object of individually molding the slabsthat constitute the sides of the monument is that suitable dies may beemployed in the mold for casting any suitable inscrption in the slab. pl

My invention also contemplates molding the slabs with a suitable recessinstead or an inscription, and molding separately an inscribed `platewhich is adapted for insertion into the recess of` the slab. I amthereby enabled to make up a suitable stock of monument slabs inadvance, providing the inscribed plates as needed. These advantages,together with others, inherent in the invention will be better apparentfrom a'detailed description thereof in connection with the `accompanyingdrawingV in which:`

Figure `1` is a perspective view of a monument made according to myimproved method; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section taken through themonument on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectionthrough the monument taken on the line 3-3 of Fg.,1; and Fig. 4 is a(Cl. 'l2-7.2)

at the inner corners as shown at e, e to receive the ends of slabs 4 and5 cemented therein. A cap 8 of any desired shape is set on the upperedges of the side and end slabs and cemented to said slabs as shown bythe joints 9. The slabs 4, 5, 6, and 7 are set upon the base 2 andcemented thereto asindicated by the joints 10. The joints 3, 9, and l0,as well as those in the recesses e, are preferably tooled in such amanner as to give the appearance of cut stone.

In molding the slabs 4, 5, 6, and 7, eyes, or staples, 11 may be placedin them '(as shown Fig. 3) and after the sides have been erected, andbefore cap 8 is in place,va wire 12 may be 70 stretched between the eyesin the slabs 6 and 7, and wires 13, 13 may be stretched between oppositeeyes in slabs 4 and 5; weights 14, 15, 15 may be hung from therespective wires so as to exert-an inwardly acting force on the s1abs,75thereby holding them rmly together during the period that the cement issoft. Pressure may be temporarily employed from the outside of the slabswhile the cement is hardening in lieu of the weights within. In moldingthe front slab 5 a recess 16 is formed in it and a name plate 1'7 is setinto said recess and cemented therein, tooled joints 18 being formedaround the plate 17 to give the appearance of a cut border. TheAinscrption`19 on the plate 17 is 85 cast into said plate in a mannerdescribed in my co-pending application abovereferred to.

Having described my invention I claim:

A monument comprising a suitable base, ndividual slabs erected on saidbase to form the sides of the monument, said slabs being in abuty tingrelation at the corners of the monument, a

Vsuitable `cap disposed on the sides, tie members connecting oppositesides, and a Weight connected with the tie members and suspendedtherefrom for exerting tension inwardly on said tying members.

GEORGE RITTER.

perspective View of a name plate with the name cast in it. Y 1

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a concrete slab that forms thesub-base of the monument, 2 is the molded base resting thereon andcemented thereto as shown by the joint 3; Slabs 4 and 5 form the rearand front Walls `of the hollow monument and rslabs 6 and 7 form the endwalls thereof, whichend walls are recessed

